BlockBeehive, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Daisy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41763. It stands on Beehive Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tilford quadrangle. It stands 1,037 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1891 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1916 USGS Cornettsville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Tilford quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jenkins quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hazard quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
138 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Beehive (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 12,551 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 30 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 42 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 21 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 15 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 14 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 78 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 July 2014 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | BARK CAMP BRANCH- DELPHIA |
| 22 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | POLLY HOLLOW |
| 13 June 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CASTLE OAK ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slemp | 0.2 miles | 14 | |
| Beech Fork (historical) | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Wentz | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Daisy | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Delphia | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Cornettsville | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Tilford | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Leatherwood | 4.8 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Beehive (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4879788 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2556908. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.